TY - JOUR AU - Bonilla-Sepulveda, Óscar Alejandro AU - Giraldo-Santa, Diana Carolina PY - 2019/05/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Mastodynia JF - CES Medicina JA - CES Med VL - 33 IS - 2 SE - Revisión de tema DO - 10.21615/cesmedicina.33.2.4 UR - https://revistas.ces.edu.co/index.php/medicina/article/view/4788 SP - 111-118 AB - <p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Mastalgia is a frequent clinical symptom in general and gynecological medicine consultation. The objectives of this bibliographical review are: to define the diagnostic concept, classification and treatment of mastalgia.</p><p><strong>Methods</strong>: literature search in Pubmed, Scielo, Cochrane and Google Scholar, using the MeSH terms: mastodynia, mastalgia, breast pain, chest pain. The search limits were: full texts in English and Spanish, in humans and published during the last 10 years.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: the physiopathology of the mastodynia is not caused by a single mechanism, but by different causes with independent pathways. The main mechanisms are hormonal, mammary density, neuropathic and extra-mammary.</p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: It is important to know the pathophysiology and classification of mastodynia, due to its therapeutic implications and possible association with breast cancer.</p> ER -